CBSE Class 12 English Flamingo A Thing Of Beauty John Keats Assignment

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Stanza 3
yes, in spite of all,
Some shape of beauty moves away the pall
From our dark spirits. Such the sun, the moon,
Trees old and young, sprouting a shady boon
For simple sheep; and such are daffodils
With the green world they live in; and clear rills
That for themselves a cooling covert make
'Giants the hot season; the mid forest brake,
Rich with a sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms.

Question. What moves away the pall?
(a) a thing of beauty
(b) the philosopher
(c) the poet
(d) the politician

Answer : A

Question. What does the phrase ‘in spite of all’ refer to?
(a) troubles
(b) disagreement
(c) inhuman dearth of noble natures
(d) all of the above

Answer : A

Question. What example does the poet give for ‘some shape of beauty’?
(a) the sun
(b) the moon
(c) trees young and old
(d) all of the above

Answer : D

Question. What is forest brake rich with?
(a) A sprinkling of fair musk blooms
(b) trees young and old
(c) sheep
(d) all of the above

Answer : A

Question. Which word in the stanza means – ‘cover’?
(a) pall
(b) boon
(c) covert
(d) rills

Answer : A

Question. Which word in the stanza means – ‘blessing’?
(a) pall
(b) boon
(c) spirit
(d) rills

Answer : B

Question. Which word in the stanza means – ‘Shelter’?
(a) spite
(b) spirits
(c) covert
(d) rills

Answer : C

Question. Which word in the stanza means – ‘Streams’?
(a) covert
(b) shady
(c) boon
(d) rills

Answer : D

Question. Which poetic device is used in ‘some shape’, ‘simple sheep’, and ‘cooling covert’?
(a) Alliteration
(b) Assonance
(c) Simile
(d) Metaphor

Answer : A

Stanza4
And such too is the grandeur of the dooms
We have imagined for the mighty dead;
All lovely tales that we have heard or read:
An endless fountain of immortal drink,
Pouring unto us from the heaven's brink.

Question. What grandeur is the poet talking of?
(a) birth
(b) marriage
(c) death
(d) all of the above

Answer : B

Question.  What lovely tales does the poet talk of?
(a) great myths 
(b) tales of olden days
(c) tales of mighty dead
(d) all of the above

Answer : D

Question.  What is the function of imaginary tales?
(a) they give us a lot of sadness
(b) they remind us to the past
(c) they give us a lot of joy
(d) all of the above

Answer : C

Question. What does the poet call the beautiful things?
(a) the grandeur of the dooms
(b) the mighty dead
(c) an endless fountain of immortal drink
(d) the heaven’s brink

Answer : C

Question. Which word in the stanza means – ‘Splendour’?
(a) grandeur 
(b) brink
(c) doom
(d) mighty

Answer : A

Question. Which word in the stanza means –‘Death’?
(a) mighty 
(b) tales
(c) doom
(d) pouring

Answer : C

Question. Which word in the stanza means –‘Powerful’?
(a) immortal 
(b) endless
(c) dooms
(d) mighty

Answer : D

Question. Which word in the stanza means -Edge.
(a) mighty 
(b) brink
(c) grandeur
(d) imagined

Answer : B

Important Questions NCERT Class 12 English Flamingo Poetry 4 A Thing of Beauty

Question. How is a thing of beauty a joy forever ?
Answer : A thing of beauty is a joy forever because its loveliness increases and lasts long. It never passes into nothingness and moves away the pall from our dark spirits.

Question. What is the message of the poem, ‘A Thing of Beauty’?
Answer : The poem ‘A Thing of Beauty’ gives the message that the things of beauty, which nature provides, never lose their charm. They never move into nothingness. They make a long lasting impression. The things of beauty present in the nature relieve us of worldly worries, thus bringing us eternal joy.

Question. What makes human beings love life in spite of all the troubles they face?
Answer :  Human beings love life in spite of all the troubles they face because they are surrounded by the things of beauty in nature. They remove the gloomy pall from our dark spirits. Nature makes us rise above the spite of our despondence and allows us to become attuned to the beauty of nature.

Question. Mention any four things of beauty that add joy to our life.
Answer : The sun, clear rills, the mid forest brake and the grandeur of the doom are four of the innumerable things of beauty that add joy to our life.

Question. Life is full of sorrows. What brings joy in it?
Answer : Life is full of sorrows. However, the beautiful things given by God give us immense joy. They bring peace and calmness to the mind. One can remove one’s sorrows by admiring sights of nature.

Question. And such too is the grandeur of the dooms
We have imagined for the mighty dead;
All lovely tales that we have heard or read;
An endless fountain of immortal drink,
Pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink.

(a) Name the poem.
Answer : The name of the poem is ‘A Thing of Beauty’.

(b) Who are the ‘mighty dead’ referred to here?
Answer : Here, the ‘mighty dead’ refers to the great people of the world, the people we respect and/or our ancestors as well.

(c) What is the endless fountain of immortal drink ?
Answer : The endless fountain of immortal drink is all the wonderful tales told to us when we were children and all the great books read by us.

(d) What does the word, ‘brink’ mean ?
Answer : The word ‘brink’ means the extreme edge at the top.

Question.What does Keats consider an endless fountain of immortal drink and why does he call its drink immortal?

Answer : It is nature's beauty, which Keats considers an endless fountain of immortal drink. According to him, the drink is immortal because of the joy and delight it provides, it never passes into nothingness; the joy is forever and its loveliness ever-increasing.

Question. ‘It’s loveliness increases, it will never
Pass into nothingness; but will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet
breathing.

(a) Whose loveliness will keep on increasing?
Answer :  The loveliness of a thing of beauty will keep on increasing.

(b) Identify the phrase which says that ‘it’ is immortal.
Answer : ‘Never pass into nothingness.’

(c) What is a ‘bower’?
Answer :  A pleasant, shady place under a tree is called bower.

(d) Why do we need sweet dreams, health and quiet breathing in our lives?
Answer : We need sweet dreams, health and quiet breathing in our lives to bear the problems of life, to remove the gloom and to uplift the mood.

Question. Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth
Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,
Of all the unhealthy and o’er-darkened ways
Made for our searching: yes in spite of all,
Some shape of beauty moves away the pall
From our dark spirits.

(a) Name the poem and the poet.
Answer : The lines have been taken from the poem 'A Thing of Beauty' by John Keats.

(b) Why are we ‘despondent’?
Answer : We are despondent because of the unhealthy and over-darkened ways of humans and that the world lacks noble people.

(c) What removes ‘the pall from our dark spirits’?
Answer : According to the poet, even if the world is not worth living because of the innumerable reasons that ultimately result in gloom and depression, the zeal to live a happy and content life can be derived from the sight of the beautiful bounties of nature around us. These beautiful things remove the pall from our dark spirits.

Question. A flowery band to bind us to the Earth,
Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth
Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,
Of all the unhealthy and o’er-darkened ways
Made for our searching :

(a) What are we doing every day?
Answer : Every day we renew our bond with nature and it is the beauty of nature that keeps us attached to this earth.

(b) Which evil things do we possess and suffer from?
Answer : We suffer from lack of goodness in human nature and possess unhealthy and our darkened methods ofbeing human.

(c) What are the circumstances that contribute towards making humans unhappy and disillusioned with life?
Answer : The trials and tribulations of life that test our bearance make us despondent in life.

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